Painter
Peter Halley
Peter Halley is an American painter known for geometric images of cells, prisons, and conduits built from fluorescent Day-Glo acrylic color and deliberately artificial commercial textures.
Peter Halley quick facts
A concise reference for his materials, subjects, and painting approach.
| Born | September 24, 1953 · New York City, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Paint media | Day-Glo fluorescent acrylic · Acrylic paint |
| Texture material | Roll-A-Tex wall-texture additive |
| Common subjects | Cells, prisons, conduits, architecture, networks, isolation, communication systems, and geometric abstraction |
| Known for | Combining severe geometric structures with highly artificial fluorescent color and gritty commercial texture |
Sources: Museum of Modern Art, MoMA: Red Cell with Conduit, The Met: Prisons, Apartment Building, and Smithsonian Archives of American Art.